Don t leave the house, not even to check the mail, said one husband. Don t check the mail until I get home, I ll bring a gun to keep us safe, said another husband. I am too afraid to go to my local [Korean] market, said one mother. I canceled my mother/daughter date to the [Korean] spa, said another mother. I m too scared to leave my house, said one Asian gender-fluid person. It hurts; it hurts because only my fellow Asians reached out to me, said a Korean woman.
These are six quotes from six Asian Americans in Central Texas in the aftermath of the Georgia murders of six Asian women and two other people.